Last year it was announced that Anne Rice and her son Christopher Rice are teaming with Paramount and Anonymous Content to adapt the book series The Vampire Chronicles for the small screen, with Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) subsequently boarding the project in a producing capacity. Well, it seems that The Vampire Chronicles has now gone the […]
Rumoured plot details for the Men in Black reboot starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson
It’s taken a few years for Sony to decide how to move forward with its Men in Black franchise, but now that the studio has set its sights on a spinoff reboot things appear to be coming together very quickly indeed. In February, it was announced that The Fate of the Furious director F. Gary […]
Deadpool 2’s Brianna Hildebrand on being part of the first same-sex couple in a major superhero movie
20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2 has taken a big step forward for LGBT representation in film, with the sequel to 2016’s hit X-Men spinoff featuring the first on-screen same-sex couple in a major superhero movie in Brianna Hildebrand’s Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Shioli Kutsuna’s Yukio. The movie has been receiving praise from members of the LGBT […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series will reportedly focus on a young Aragorn
Streaming service Amazon is currently hard at work in development on its billion dollar adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, which – as we heard back in November – is set to take place prior to the War of the Ring, featuring “previously unexplored stories” from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth works. Well, now comes word […]
Deadpool 2 falls short of first movie as it opens to $301 million worldwide
The Merc with a Mouth returned to the big screen this weekend as 20th Century Fox unleashed the hotly-anticipated Deadpool 2, and while the sequel couldn’t quite match the opening of its 2016 predecessor, it has still managed a very impressive $301 million worldwide haul in its first weekend. In North America, Deadpool 2 grossed […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War passes $1.8 billion to become fourth biggest movie of all time
It may have been knocked from the top of the box office by fellow superhero sequel Deadpool 2, but Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War has continued its hugely impressive run by passing the $1.8 billion mark worldwide. Domestically, Infinity War grossed $28.7 million on its fourth weekend to take its North American gross to $595 million, […]
David Leitch and Jason Statham talk Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs and Shaw
After stepping into the Fox X-Men universe for this weekend’s hit superhero sequel Deadpool 2, director David Leitch is now turning his attention to another blockbuster movie franchise as he prepares to shoot the Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs and Shaw, focusing on the characters played by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham respectively. During an […]
Rumour: Warner Bros. looking to hire an all-female crew for DC’s Birds of Prey
Last month it was announced that Warner Bros. has enlisted up and coming filmmaker Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) to direct Birds of Prey, a “girl gang” movie featuring Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn alongside other prominent female DC characters, thought to include the likes of Batgirl, Black Canary and the Huntress. Earlier in the week, Robbie – […]
Ron Howard reveals that there has been talk about a Willow sequel
Ron Howard ventures to the galaxy far, far away this week with the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story [read our review here], having taken over directing duties on the Anthology movie following the firing of original helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Solo isn’t Howard’s first venture with Lucasfilm of course; he starred […]
Shane Black on reinventing the Predator franchise with his upcoming reboot
Earlier this month we got our first look at The Predator with the release of a trailer for the Shane Black-directed reboot [watch it here], and now the filmmaker has been chatting to Collider about reinventing the sci-fi action franchise, whilst ensuring that he honours the legacy of the original movies. “I think that there’s […]
